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Join our free Museums at Night workshop in Nottingham on February 1st
Interested in taking part in the 2016 Museums at Night festival, and/or entering the Connect! competition to develop a participatory event with a contemporary artist? Join our afternoon workshop at the Galleries of Justice Museum in Nottingham on Monday 1 February....
How to apply for Connect! 2016
We’re delighted to announce the 6 top contemporary artists who have joined the Connect! competition for 2016: your museum, gallery or heritage site could win one of them to come and lead a participatory Museums at Night event at your venue during the October festival....
Could your venue host a half day workshop in January?
How can we help develop Museums at Night in your area? We are now entering the second and final year of the Connect! 2015-16 funding, and we want as many museums as possible to submit strong applications by the beginning of March. We are planning another series of...
New Museums at Night Partnership Agreement
Welcome back after the summer break! We're now looking ahead to the autumn festival, which takes place on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October: it's not too late to register your event listings if you'd like to be part of it. Culture24 are making a simple change to the...
Venue and Visitor Surveys
As the dust settles after the excitement of Museums at Night and the Connect! competition vote, we're trying to capture as much feedback as possible to help us improve the festival in future. Thanks to everyone who (like the Black Country Living Museum above) has...
Museums at Night photo competition: win chocolate!
Win £40 of Montezuma's chocolate for your best Museums at Night event photo! What we'd love to see Look out for people having fun, preferably in an illuminated space, defining a great Museums at Night festival event, and tell us in a few words what makes this image...
Manchester After Hours
Alex Saint from Creative Tourist tells us what Mancunians can look forward to during Museums at Night this year Manchester is gearing up for this year’s Museums at Night festival with a one night only, city-wide social. A mix of odd couplings and musical mayhem; a...
Cross-promoting Museums at Night events with Voluntary Arts
This year Museums at Night coincides with Voluntary Arts Week – a national festival that celebrates taking part in creative cultural activity and encourages more people to discover the joy of taking part. You may remember the joint resources we created to support your...
1000 Clocks: a new Connect! idea from Luke Jerram
Connect! artist Luke Jerram has come up with an alternative idea to his Museum Heist concept: this new idea is called 1000 Clocks. 1000 Clocks I want to work with a museum or gallery to create a gigantic collection of timepieces placed in a space where notions...
Artist Q&A: Alinah Azadeh explains her gifting exchange idea
Due to popular demand, we've extended the deadline to apply for the Connect! competition until 5pm this Friday, 27 March. Today we're talking to artist Alinah Azadeh about the thinking behind her giving-and-receiving event idea. Your Connect! statement implies you...
We love this article from @ArtsPro celebrating 10 years of #Liverpool's brilliant @LightNightLpool festival, and how it showcases the city's artistic creativity: artsprofessional.co.uk/magazi… Light Night will be back on Friday 15 May 2020! pic.twitter.com/nA3k4RuwpY
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